The Ranch is an epic live music benefit party, nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles. In the spirit of the music scenes that came together in LA’s canyons, The Ranch Party allows you to come camp out at the top of Mulholland Drive for a full day & night of LA bands, Artists, DJs, food and drinks. The one-day festival takes place Saturday, music starting at 2pm and goes through the whole night with many emerging acts we are big fans. I’m most looking forward to seeing The Internet (of OFWGKTA), Mansions On The Moon, the drummer from Miami Horror(Good Night Keaton), Tropicool and Zak Waters.

For more details on the event, RSVP on facebook and visit TheRanchParty.com. It’s the best value concert coming up in LA as you can enjoy over 20 musicians in an all-day and night event for as little as $40 ($50 if you decide you want to camp out).

Here’s a 10-track playlist of the songs I can’t wait to hear live at The Ranch.

The playlist above doesn’t even include the chill summer vibes I expect Tropicool to spin, the electro house from Bones, and the trap from Neo Fresco.

Click read more to find out how you attending The Ranch Party benefits the youth community of LA! (more…)

Earl Sweatshirt is one of the many members of Odd Future. Odd Future is a hip-hop collective that is led by controversial rapper, Tyler The Creator. I don’t know if it’s Earl Sweatshirt’s smooth flow or the laid back beat that is more enticing but regardless, its a great song that I can’t seem to get enough of.

In celebration of Tyler, The Creator‘s 21st birthday (which is today), Odd Future has decided to drop yet another music video called “NY (Ned Flander) off their much anticipated upcoming, Odd Future Vol. 2 mixtape. They continue to show here how talented (yet very bizarre) they are. Their music videos are absolutely hilarious and I look forward to the entire release of their new project. Enjoy!

Earlier today, The Dean’s Listdropped a new track with the visuals all in one. This song is called “Plutonic” and it is a bit darker of sound than what we are used to hearing out of the group. However, it is still awesome. It has an OFWGKTA/Tyler the Creator type sound to it which I love a lot. It shows how versatile the group is and indicates even more that this group is bound for stardom very soon. Unfortunately I do not have the download link for this track. Either way, enjoy!

Talk about hyping up your shit only to hear just about the same lyrics, mostly the same production, and mostly the same features. Tyler The Creator‘s GOBLIN is just a little bit better than BASTARD but after hearing Tyler talking about how this album would be different than his other stuff, I was disappointed to hear basically the same lyrical material with slightly better production.

Some people are going to take this project and say it’s great, because they love how different Tyler The Creator is. Some are going to say they love it, because they feel the need to buy into the hype with the rest of their suburban white friends and/or the blogs they follow talking about how much they love the album. Either way, I think the album is good, not great. I hope it does well in record sales but I really hope that this opens up more opportunities for the rest of Odd Future as the MellowHype duo, Mike G, and especially Jet Age of Tomorrow are under-appreciated.

Tyler, the Creator‘s much anticipated album,Goblin, is slated to release on May 10th. Here’s the first and only leak off the album; a track called “Tron Cat”. If this is what the rest of the songs on the album are going to sound like, then I am very excited for it’s release. Once again, over hard beats, OFWGKTA‘s leader Tyler provides some very intense and controversial lyrics.

Odd Future just released an old gem from Earl Sweatshirt called “Dat Ass.” Personally, I like this song because it’s not terrifying. I know the dudes from Odd Future can rap, and it’s cool to see them all rap over more traditional hip-hop beats. I know it’s short, but Earl’s flow is super tight and he uses tons of internal rhymes while fitting in some real awesome punch lines. All I can say is: FREE EARL

Another rapper in Odd Future that should be almost as highly regarded as Tyler The Creator would be Hodgy Beats. “Make My Day” sounds like one of those classy 90’s hip-hop songs that people today listen to and remember for a long time. This would’ve been a great follow-up single for T.W.D.Y. This song came out last year as the first single off Hodgy Beats upcoming mixtape, BeatPads & NotePads.Hodgy Beats – Make My Day
This is a more common beat for many of the hip-hop members of Odd Future with Mike G in “Forest Green”. I think the rapping is solid, nothing outstanding the beat is chill and would be interesting is somebody sped up the song in some electronic-type remix. First single off Mike G’s upcoming album, GOLD.Mike G – Forest Green
Next we got R&B member of OFWGKTA, Frank Ocean. Here’s a new song he released since he released his mixtape, Nostalgia/Ultra, in February. Like the acoustic instrumentals with amazing vocals as many record labels are rumored to be looking to sign this future R&B/Soul star.Frank Ocean – Pyrite (Fool’s Gold)

It’s that time of the week again for Before the Bigs Radio. Starting at 4 PM PST/7 PM EST. Unfortunately, it was difficult this week for some artists to call in an interview so there won’t be one this week. However, definitely tune in to listen to some awesome new music. Enjoy!

After Tyler The Creator from Odd Future dissed B.o.B in his hit single “Yonkers”, Bobby Ray decided to return the beef in his new track “No Future”. Towards the end of the track he says, “Keep fuckin’ wit me you gon have no future”. This was after Tyler The Creator took a stab at his music and though I love Tyler’s music, I did lose a little bit of respect for him after he ripped on arguably the biggest hip-hop act in the game right now. Good work B.o.B at showing Tyler The Creator whose boss. Enjoy!

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See what Tyler The Creator has to say about B.o.B in the “Yonkers” music video above!

Best way for me to give you a ton of music I should’ve blogged about that I’m finally doing is by posting my favorite songs from mixtapes I have been meaning to blog about. Then I realized I had a ton of mixtapes that I needed to blog about, so I eliminated mixtapes not from 2011 and mixtapes from major label artists (except under the radar MC Mickey Factz).

I know giving you 6 different mixtapes is a lot but hopefully you download all these mixtapes or at least the 16 songs above. I hope this great music gets you through your week. Let me know which artist you like the most.

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